Roadside bomb changed lives of the survivors, some still in Iraq
Updated 1/1/2007 11:55 PM...
"When we roll out, I usually think to myself, 'So is today we get hit with another IED?'" says Lt. Charles Bies.
LIVES SHATTERED IN AN INSTANT
On March 6, a Humvee with five U.S. Army soldiers aboard was blown up by an improvised explosive device in Tal Afar, Iraq.
The explosion
• Driver's seat: Pfc. Ricky Salas Jr. died instantly. ( His parents are sad because no WMD found ) Died for nothing!!
• Front passenger seat: 1st Lt. Charles Bies was pinned inside the vehicle and suffered fractures in his cheekbone and eye socket. He died later.
• In gun turret: Spc. Nicholas Helfferich was thrown 25 feet and woke up to find his pelvis and ribs broken and spine injured.
• Rear seat: Spc. Jose Morales saw a blinding flash, then noticed something lying on his chest. It was his left foot. He lost his left leg and suffered a broken arm. Now he knows war is not worth it.
2007-01-02
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